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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints

Knee arthroscopy with donor cartilage and bone graft

CPT 29867the billing code this page is about

Keyhole knee surgery in which bone and cartilage from a donor is placed into a damaged area of the joint surface.

Hospitals typically charge $5,650 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 402 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,542. Most fall between $2,222 and $15,473 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
402
States
46
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 402 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,866$2,577$5,650$14,254$19,123

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,866 vs $19,123).

How the prices are spread

$1,159 – $1,577: 15 hospitals$1,159$1,577 – $2,145: 42 hospitals$2,145 – $2,917: 32 hospitals$2,145$2,917 – $3,968: 56 hospitals$3,968 – $5,396: 34 hospitals$3,968$5,396 – $7,340: 58 hospitals$7,340 – $9,984: 14 hospitals$7,340$9,984 – $13,579: 21 hospitals$13,579 – $18,470: 68 hospitals$13,579$18,470 – $25,122: 23 hospitals$18,470median $5,650price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (363 of 402 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,159$1,57715
$1,577$2,14542
$2,145$2,91732
$2,917$3,96856
$3,968$5,39634
$5,396$7,34058
$7,340$9,98414
$9,984$13,57921
$13,579$18,47068
$18,470$25,12223

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$13,117
Median cash price$5,650
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.43×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $5,650.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,600 across 10 hospitalsMN$3,600Illinois: median $2,529 across 16 hospitalsIL$2,529Wisconsin: median $5,888 across 27 hospitalsWI$5,888Michigan: median $2,513 across 18 hospitalsMI$2,513New York: median $15,226 across 29 hospitalsNY$15,226Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,143 across 19 hospitalsIA$3,143Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,757 across 11 hospitalsOH$4,757Pennsylvania: median $18,522 across 12 hospitalsPA$18,522New Jersey: median $14,242 across 31 hospitalsNJ$14,242Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,930 across 47 hospitalsCA$8,930Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,104 across 14 hospitalsOK$2,104Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $6,717 across 22 hospitalsTX$6,717Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,650. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Pennsylvania PA12$18,522+228%$13,668 – $24,246
New York NY29$15,226+169%$2,356 – $15,226
New Jersey NJ31$14,242+152%$5,110 – $17,170
California CA47$8,930+58%$6,412 – $16,862
Texas TX22$6,717+19%$6,008 – $10,629
Wisconsin WI27$5,888+4%$4,830 – $6,284
Ohio OH11$4,757−16%$1,509 – $8,970
Minnesota MN10$3,600−36%$2,044 – $5,221
Iowa IA19$3,143−44%$3,143 – $3,449
Illinois IL16$2,529−55%$988 – $8,938
Michigan MI18$2,513−56%$1,866 – $17,654
Oklahoma OK14$2,104−63%$2,104 – $26,233
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $5,650.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care304$6,122$2,222 – $16,862
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access87$3,724$2,196 – $6,284
Ownership
For-profit47$10,200$2,222 – $23,117
Government69$3,653$2,196 – $15,226
Non-profit286$5,798$2,273 – $15,239
System affiliation
Part of a system306$5,888$2,356 – $16,862
Independent96$3,595$2,057 – $11,458

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,625
Median cash price$5,650
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

233 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,945 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,621; most fall between $2,104 and $10,629.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 233 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,509$2,196$3,945$7,827$16,862

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,509 vs $16,862).

Of the 267 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 233 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

402 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 459 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted402
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here42
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded13
Hospitals that filed this code459

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR therapeutic procedures on joints family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Arthroscopy Knee Osteochondral Allograft.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Knee arthroscopy with donor cartilage and bone graft (CPT 29867) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-29867-knee-arthroscopy-with-donor-cartilage-and-bone-graft